What was that about manatees and John Lithgow?? I've been addicted to manatees since my parents first went to Florida and then they took me the following year. Singapore zoo got its first gift of manatees almost exactly the same time I arrived here and DH took me for my first Christmas here. The've since had a baby too - I love manatees. We even have a baby dugong, Gracie, who was rescued from open waters near here when her mother died, about the same time DS was born. They are just TOO adorable. And they remind us to take life slowly. So why is an Englishman like John Lithgow (I think he must be English right, even if he spends so much time in the US nowadays) narrating something about manatees?? And where can I get it so I can complete brainwashing my children with manatee adoration and conservation. I even know the Chinese for manatee, which many Chinese don't - actually it's 'sea cow' translated!

the kids have been babysat by the computer for the last three days, in between a zoo trip, a swimming trip and a shopping/dinner with grandparents trip. The zoo is ALWAYS educational, and DH is ALWAYS left out. He was complaining that whichever child he takes he always looks round to find I'm gone... we've usually stopped to look at something fascinating. Like the fungus growing on a tree in the kangaroo enclosure (after photographing a clearly nuclear family of three kangaroos), or the unusual lizard we found near a primate enclosure. Then there's my children's absolute disgust of little Aussie children being taught to imitate animal noises at the tiger enclosure, instead of being told about how endangered tigers are! I love the zoo. It never fails to amaze me how the kids and I can always find something new and fascinating even when we go so often.

ok, it's late and I still have other threads to look at. My stomach keeps interrupting me tonight - heavy garlic and heavy swimming was a bad combo for me! TMI!

Kerri.